Under construction: this is a project related to Wayne College's 2014-2015 Strategic Plan, Tactic 3A-2B

Getting to know our students:

Demographic information (example: 70% of our students are First Generation Students?)
  • First Generation College Students
  • Dual Enrollment / Post-Secondary Students
  • Off-Campus Students
  • Online Students
  • Non-Traditional Students

Research on unique populations of students:

General articles on the qualities that make up our student population

Status of College students in Rural America (2007)
nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/ruraled/chapter2_7.asp
Statistics on Female graduate rates:
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=72
National College students by race:
http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/tableslibrary/viewtable.aspx?tableid=9544
Research on adult learners
http://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/research-adult-learners-supporting-needs-student-population-no

First Generation College Students

E-Book

First-generation college students [electronic resource] : understanding and improving the experience from recruitment to commencement

Journal Articles

Boden, K. (2011). Perceived Academic Preparedness of First-Generation Latino College Students. Journal Of Hispanic Higher Education, 10(2), 96106-
http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/article.cgi?issn=15381927&issue=v10i0002&article=96_papoflcs

Lightweis, S. (2014). THE CHALLENGES, PERSISTENCE, AND SUCCESS OF WHITE, WORKING-CLASS, FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. College Student Journal, 48(3), 461-467.
http://ezproxy.uakron.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=s3h&AN=98748711&site=eds-live

Petty, T. (2014). MOTIVATING FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND COLLEGE COMPLETION. College Student Journal, 48(2), 257-264.
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Tovar, E. (2015). The Role of Faculty, Counselors, and Support Programs ( This is both first and second generation)
on Latino/a Community College Students’ Success and Intent to Persist. Community College Review, 43(1), 46-71. doi:10.1177/009155211455378
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Dual Enrollment / Post-Secondary Students

Marken, S., Gray, L., Lewis, L., National Center for Education Statistics, (., & Westat, I. (2013). Dual Enrollment Programs and Courses for High School Students at Postsecondary Institutions: 2010-11. First Look. NCES 2013-002. National Center For Education Statistics.http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED540156.pdf

Online Students

Crawley, A., & Fetzner, M. (2013). Providing Service Innovations to Students inside and outside of the Online Classroom: Focusing on Student Success. Journal Of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 17(1), 7-12.
http://ezproxy.uakron.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1011382&site=eds-live

Approaches to teaching and learning, considering their characteristics:

Articles and research that focuses on approaches to teaching and learning for various student populations

Pelletier, S. G. (2010). Success for Adult Students. American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Retrieved from:
http://www.aascu.org/uploadedFiles/AASCU/Content/Root/MediaAndPublications/PublicPurposeMagazines/Issue/10fall_adultstudents.pdf